17 April 1909
Born in Ablon-sur-Seine to a family of Breton descent.
He attended Louis-le-Grand and Saint-Louis lycées, earned a law degree, a degree from the Free School of Political Sciences and a civil engineering degree from the Paris School of Mines.
1940
He was seriously wounded on the front lines.
1939-1941
Chief desk officer, and then deputy head of division at the central administration of the Ministry of Finance
1941
Joined the Libération-Nord French Resistance movement
20 July 1944
Chairman of the Ministry of Finance’s Liberation Committee
1 January 1945
Head of Social Services, Ministry of Finance
1945
Mayor of Ablon-sur-Seine
26 June - 28 November 1946
Head of the Private Office of the Minister for Finance (Robert Schuman)
8 December 1946
Member of the first Council of the Republic
1946-1948
Rapporteur général of the Finance Committee at the Council of the Republic
16 July 1948
Civil administrator (first class) at the Ministry of Finance
5-10 September 1948
Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs (Schuman Government)
1939-1941
Chief desk officer, and then deputy head of division at the central administration of the Ministry of Finance
11 September-20 November 1948
Minister of State for the Budget (Queuille Cabinet)
10 November 1948
Candidate in Senate elections
26 November 1948-April 1950
General Commissioner for German and Austrian Affairs
31 January 1950-1952
French Delegate and Chair of the International Authority for the Ruhr
18 May 1952
Elected Senator for Seine-et-Oise - Popular Republican Movement (MRP)
10 July 1952-1958
Member of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
Chair of the Transport Committee
1954-1957
President of that Assembly’s Common Market Committee
28 November 1953
Chair of the High Council of Trade
19 February 1954
Administrator (exceptional class) at the Ministry of Finance
1954-1957
Chair of the MRP Senate group
October 1955-April 1956
Chair of the Franco-German Commission to Study the Canalization of the Moselle
7 November 1957 - 9 June 1958
Minister of State for the Navy (Gaillard Cabinet)
19 March 1958 - 20 December 1977
Member of the Assembly of the European Communities
8 June 1958
Re-elected Senator (MRP) for Seine-et-Oise
February 1959-May 1962
Member of the MRP political office
February 1959
Member of the MRP executive committee
March 1959-March 1966
Chair of the Christian-Democrat Group at the Assembly of the European Communities
16 April 1959
Re-elected Senator (MRP) for Seine-et-Oise
1959-1960
Chair of the MRP Senate group
7 March 1966-11 March 1969
Chair of the Assembly of the European Communities
December 1967 - January 1969
Chair of the Parliamentary Conference of the EEC/AASM Association
22 September 1968
Re-elected senator for the Val-de-Marne - member of the Centrist Union of Progressive Democrats (UCDP) group.
3 October 1968/1 October 1992
President of the French Senate (re-elected in 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986 and 1989)
January 1969
Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Conference of the EEC/AASM Association
28 April 1969
De Gaulle resigns. Poher temporarily served as President of the French Republic until 19 June of the same year.
Electoral campaign for the Presidency of the French Republic.
1 and 15 June 1969
Candidate in the French Presidential election, defeated by Georges Pompidou.
March 1971
Re-elected mayor of Ablon-sur-Seine
2 April 1974
Georges Pompidou dies. Alain Poher once again served as interim President until 19 May of that year, when Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was elected.
June 1974-October 1983
President of the French Mayors’ Association
March 1977-March 1983
Re-elected mayor of Ablon-sur-Seine
June 1977
Founding Honorary President of the Association des Libertés (Liberties Association)
25 September 1977
Re-elected senator (majority) in the Val-de-Marne
April 1980
President of the Association pour la recherche et l'information sur l'aide au développement (Association for Research and Information on Development Assistance) (ARIAD)
28 September 1986
Re-elected senator for the Val-de-Marne - Centrist Union group Did not run again for the Senate Presidency
9 December 1996
Died in Paris
Source: Senate
Updated : 15 December 2022